I've tried that and found it difficult to get uniform results across the piece. Might just be me though. I've found varying the direction of the work piece between steps works best for me. Imagine polishing a rectangular piece. I'd start going "lenghtwise" at the 1st compound, then "widthwise" with the next one and so forth. I've started doing two to three passes with the white rouge, varying direction between passes to really knock down the scratch possibilities with good results.
As for distilled water, I've thought about it and I've also thought about reverse osmosis for washing, but I'm having good luck with regular old HOT tap water mixed 50:50 with Castrol Super Clean.
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